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Spot Positive Deviance<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\t

Now is the time to locate the groups and organizations nationwide that know how to navigate tense political divisions and who can provide you with the support often necessary to do so effectively.<\/p>\n\t

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\n\t\tChoose Your Lift Level\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

What do you have capacity for today? Whether it’s a light lift, or something a little heavier, taking a step is what counts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t5 minutes\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t20 minutes\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 hour+\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t5 minutes\n

Locate the Best Bridge-Building Organizations Working on Your Issue of Choice<\/h3>

Go to the Bridge Alliance<\/a> website and identify organizations working on addressing divisions regarding your current issue of concern.<\/p>\n

Visit The Website<\/a>

The Science Behind It<\/h4>The Bridge Alliance is an association of 103 organizations committed to revitalizing America through civic engagement, governance, policymaking, and campaign and election processes. Some of the top organizations in America are working to mend fences and identify common-ground solutions to some of our most pressing social challenges. Browse their website, join their movement, and then reach out to any organizations focused on your main issues of concern.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t20 minutes\n

Leverage Taboos<\/h3>

Reflect on the most relevant taboos – the laws, norms, religious doctrines, etc. – that discourage contentious engagement over these issues. Are they shared and honored on all sides? Discuss with your political partner.<\/p>\n

The Science Behind It<\/h4>

All groups and societies have social guardrails we call taboos. These are normative responses to those acts – large and small – that most community members find somewhere between wrong and hateful and are often met with shunning, condemnation, or worse. Taboos can be suffocating and a source of control and oppression, but they often serve and protect civility in communities. Give some thought to the local taboos in your community that, if honored, could help to shepherd the types of conversations over political differences that will help us all navigate them more fruitfully.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t1 hour+\n

Familiarize Yourself With Some of the National Solutions to Polarization<\/h3>

Check out some of the various reports by civil society groups over the past two years that detail various actions you can take at the local, state, and national levels to stem the tide of division.<\/p>\n

The good news here is that there are more and more academics, nonprofits, think tanks, and foundations that have been running studies and convening experts on the various activities that could help reduce the spike in polarization we have been seeing for decades. These include summaries and briefs such as:<\/p>\n